Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows

Doorway to the Light Discovered, Jack Kleinman

CoPA + Art★Bar 2026 Juried Exhibition | July 10 – August 26

Opening Reception: Friday, July 10 | 5:30 PM

Comments and Awards  | 7 PM

Art★Bar | 722 East Burleigh, Milwaukee 53212

“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” — Alfred Stieglitz

Don’s challenge invited the most compelling creative voices to pause, observe, and respond to the beauty found in everyday encounters.

As photographers, we live in the light – in the shadows cast, the contrast invoked, and the quiet moments revealed. We are attuned to the subtleties others pass by: the glow of a sunrise, the fade of a sunset, the softness of bokeh, the fleeting arc of a rainbow, the geometry of reflected light, the stillness of shadow. These are not rare phenomena, but daily occurrences that remain rich with possibility.

Please join us at our opening reception and find your own appreciation for the simple, and oft-overlooked beauty of the mundane.

“It isn’t until we stop and look that the moment becomes significant—because of the creative eye.” – Don Krause

PRIZES

• Don’s Prize: $100 in gift cards to Art★Bar, Wonderland, and Two Bar
• CoPA Board Prize: 1-year membership to CoPA Milwaukee

 

EXHIBITING ARTISTS |  Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows

Barb Budish   Beached Stump | How Jordanaire | Rocks Formation | Still Life At South Shore Beach

Carol Seline   Colorado Landscape One | Colorado Landscape Two

Dennis L Collins   Scopophilia (The Love of Looking) | Gold Backed Italy 2 | Shadow Sound of Silence

Dan Wilson   Dawn

Erin Maddox   Green Line | Refresh | Tread Lightly

Joe Gay   Blowing In The Wind | Cold Morning In NYC | First Daffodil of Spring | Red Shift | Vodka and Video

John Jones   Dandelion | Ferry in Rear View Mirror | Fire Works | Suppernog River, NC

Jack Kleinman   Long Pass | Iron Handle | Pews | Full Moon, Lake Michigan Shoreline

Jeff Nordholm   Still Standing | Aqua Azul | Palermo Street

Kay Cucinello   Droplets | Palm

Kris Gould   Castaway | Multitude

Kristine Hinrichs   Day at the MAM | POW! | Runner Girl | There You Have It

Michael Havice   Carrboro Blinds

Martin Keey   Maliko Falls | Pacific Blue Sunset | Strange

Michael Nowotny   Crooked Cross | Digger

Marcia Staum   Beautiful Leaf | Evening Stairs

Ron Wimmer   Translucent

Shari Wszalek   Blooming | I Scream | Structure